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School for Student Leadership

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Sunday was our first full rest day and so a group of 18 students and two teachers walked to Mt. Feathertop. We left school at 7:30 and started walking at around 8:20. We walked at a good pace and made it to the summit at around mid-day; we had lunch up there and snapped a few photos before beginning the walk back. There was a little bit of snow near the top which was a nice surprise and very exciting for some who don’t see snow very often. We returned back to school at around 4:30 and by then everyone was a little tired but it was a great day and well worth the walk.

School For Student Leadership

School for Student Leadership is a Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) initiative offering a unique residential education experience for year nine students. The curriculum focuses on personal development and team learning projects sourced from students' home regions. There are three campuses in iconic locations across Victoria. TheAlpine School Campus is located at Dinner Plain in the Victorian Alps. Snowy River Campus is near the mouth of the Snowy River at Marlo in east Gippsland. The third site is adjacent to Mount Noorat near Camperdown in Victoria’s Western District, and is called Gnurad-Gundidj. After consultation with the local aboriginal community, this name represents both the indigenous name of the local area and an interpretation of the statement "belonging to this place".
--Our school community acknowledges the Gunaikurnai, Bidawel and Gundijmara people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school campuses are built. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their Elders past and present, and especially whose children attend our school.